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MADHURESH PRASAD
Abhishek Kumar, S/o Lalan Roy – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondent-Union of India.
2. A supplementary counter affidavit (hard copy) has been filed which is taken on record.
3. The petitioner has participated in the process of selection conducted for appointment of Navik (GD). The petitioner has been declared successful at the Stage-I (written Test) and forwarded for being subjected to physical Test (Stage -II). At this stage, documents are also verified. During this process, it emerged that the petitioner has filled up his application form by writing his father’s name as ‘Lalan Roy’. The O.B.C. certificate, in support of his claim for reservation, shows the petitioner’s father name as ‘Lalan Ray’. It is this mismatch in petitioner’s father name which had led to his ouster from the process of selection.
4. Petitioner’s counsel submits that the same is a trivial mistake and inconsequential. In view of the mistake being apparent, the petitioner should not have been ousted from the process of selection as the petitioner’s identity with reference to his father’s name could have been ascertained during verification at the later stage of the recruitment procedure by th
Strict compliance with the terms and conditions of the advertisement and general instructions for filling up application forms is necessary, and a mismatch in essential details can be a valid basis f....
No deviation from the terms and conditions of the advertisement and rules for the recruitment would be permitted.
Strict adherence to recruitment application requirements is essential to maintain integrity and fairness; candidates cannot be excused from disqualification due to inadvertent errors.
Trivial mistakes in application forms should not disqualify candidates from selection processes, especially when original documents verify their claims.
Candidates are responsible for the accuracy of information in their application forms, and the terms and conditions of the advertisement cannot be changed or altered.
Administrative authorities must comply strictly with recruitment criteria to prevent injustice, even in cases of inadvertent errors, as arbitrary rejections undermine fairness and transparency in pub....
The blame lies at door of official of petitioners, who had drafted OMR sheet and not with candidate who has followed instructions given in box no.7 of the OMR sheet. It is reiterated here that there ....
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